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[Verse 1]
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The white-throated sparrow sings a lonesome song
F#7 Bm
And only serves to remind me that my dear mother’s gone
E7
That my dear mother’s gone
[Verse 2]
Dm
The sky had clouded over
A
The sun had gone away
B7
One sad afternoon
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In the unmerry month of May
[Verse 3]
A7
The pink and yellow lilies still haunt with their perfume
F#7 Bm
And only serve to remind me of her lying in that room
E7
Of her lying in that room
[Verse 4]
Dm
The rain was coming down
A
As they took her out the door
B7
Never to return
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To her dear home anymore
[Verse 5]
A7
Jane was in the choir-loft with Rufus at her side
F#7 Bm
They sang and played “What’ll I Do When You Are Far Away”
E7
And they waltzed her down the aisle
[Verse 6]
Dm
There’ll be no more banjo-weekends, not in St-Sauveur
A
No more little white-haired mother
B7
Sitting in an Adirondack chair
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Sitting in an Adirondack chair
[Verse 7]
A7
The rain and the tears came down as they put her in the ground
F#7 Bm
With her parents and her husband and her sisters all around
E7
And her sisters all around
